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Why Ubisoft Won’t Make Another Splinter Cell Game

Jarren: There’s no shortage of frustration for Ubisoft why they would ignore players asking this type of content in favor. Unfortunately for us, don’t bother expecting another Splinter Cell game from Ubisoft. Possibly ever.

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Flawlessmic1740d ago

When an article makes to much sense and upsets you :(

R.I.P Sam

outsider16241740d ago (Edited 1740d ago )

RIP Sam
RIP PES

F Ubisoft
F Konami

GamerRN1739d ago

Ehhh of they just made a solid game, DLC sorry missions would solve that. Such a pointless article

zarbor1739d ago

I would never defend Ubisoft but there are several things in this article I disagree with especially playing Splinter Cell from inception. So Ubisoft wanting to make money is not much different that every other gaming company in the world. Gamers are the dopey ones that fail to realize that money is the ultimate motivation to which I have no problem.

Where I disagree is that the article states that they can't make continuous money off of Splinter Cell by getting players to keep coming back. This person forgot that Splinter Cell had an online Spy vs Merc and a coop mode for a few of their games. There is tons of stuff they could have done to make gamers come back so I really don't think that's the reason.

No the reason we don't have Splinter Cell is almost the same reason we still don't have Beyond Good and Evil 2. That reason is Ubisoft leadership is poor and out of touch with gamers. Just look at what they did to the Splinter Cell franchise and how much they changed it up and not for the better. Chaos Theory is still the best in the series.

But lets not act like its only Splinter Cell they screwed up. Ghost Recon is all over the place. Their game directors and overall vision for their games are all over the place. Trust me, that begins with leadership. Just poor.

giovonni1739d ago

It’s a got damn shame what they did to ghost recon!!! Too, and you’re on point. Splinter cell has so much life for them to just let it die like this is outrageous.

dreamed1739d ago

Damn right brother 👍...I played svm from day one until the Xbox live servers went down.
I remember the last games we all had on the last day.
Xbox live has never had a multiplayer game I've played that much since...rip chaos svm.🤘

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RosweeSon1740d ago

“They’re either A) a competitive multiplayer game or B) a big sprawling open world map with tons of stuff to do. What do these two have in common? Simple. They’re both games designed to keep players playing for as long as possible”

What they should do is go with option C: make a quality timeless classic game 🤷🏻‍♂️. Designed to keep players playing as long as possible well make some fantastic games that aren’t outdated in 12 months. Nintendo have made games I play 30/35 years later. I’d barely play these Ubisoft games 6 months later (unless I bought it later as it was cheaper 🤣) season passes don’t keep the players playing, mainly as the content is dribble

Infenes1740d ago

Fs in chat for our boy Sam.

PS: his depiction in R6S is an absolute joke.

foker1740d ago (Edited 1740d ago )

Why spoil our memories... Ubisoft only does decent or average formulaic games ,.. Cannot even remember the last time they released a really great game,.. Probably rayman legends on PS4/360

NotanotherReboot1740d ago

pretty much as soon as the PS4 gens started Ubisoft got really shit

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Ubisoft Worked on New Splinter Cell Game That Spiraled Into XDefiant Thanks to Live Service Goals

Ubisoft cancelled the new Splinter Cell project and shifted it into XDefiant, due to live service ambitions.

P_Bomb163d ago

“However, over time, Ubisoft lost interest in the Splinter Cell game and shifted it into something designed to compete with Call of Duty.”

Omfg.

Wonder how many times this kinda thing has happened. The games we lost.

1nsomniac161d ago

How can these people get it so wrong. People really want a new Splinter Cell. Is that because they want a game that plays like another game….. no, it’s because they want a Splinter Cell game that plays like… you guessed it, a splinter cell game. I really cannot comprehend how the people in this industry have become so utterly useless.

CrimsonWing69161d ago (Edited 161d ago )

I hate GaaS so much. Like the whole model, the purpose around why it exists, and how they literally can’t f*cking make a game without it just adds to the mess of it.

BlackCountryBob161d ago

Live service games aren’t for me, though I don’t hate on anyone who decides to try to develop one of these games. However, I really wish some developers would realise not all the games need to be live service.

While I loved the original Splinter Cell trilogy, and Double Agent was good too (everything after that less so), 20 years later it’s bad that Ubisoft hasn’t been able to produce a remake or decent sequel, but I’m even more confused that no other developer has been able to make a decent knock off / spiritual sequel to a series which was so beloved. Surely anyone who tried to Kickstarter a spiritual sequel would blow past their stretch targets in only a few days.

Software_Lover160d ago

Exactly. Just completely remake the first 3 Splinter Cell games with new (better) textures, better lighting, etc etc. Redo some of the cut scenes. Sell them as a trilogy. Make money. It's that simple.

BlackCountryBob160d ago

I can’t work out why they haven’t even done the cheap option of just porting the PS3 era HD Trilogy Collection to PS4, would surely be a licence to print money. While I’d love a proper remaster, especially to add HDR as that would really pop visually with the shadow / light detail, I would settle for being able to play on a modern system (I have a PS3 but the system itself is so sluggish, and the Sixaxis controller so poor, I would always choose a zippy modern port with a PS5 controller).

isarai160d ago

I also hate when a small but super talented studio gambles their livelyhood on a GAAA totle like remedy with firebreak and mucurysteam with spacelords, or united front with triad wars

BlackCountryBob160d ago

If it is a success then I imagine those small companies are now huge companies, but so rare it will happen. What I don’t get is artistically for the development team, once they launch a live service game and it beats the odds to become successful, those devs now are purely focused on how to get more from their players, maintain engagement and find a way to slot in brand partnerships. Have to imagine they would hope the success would mean they have more freedom in future projects, instead they become more creatively unfulfilled than ever

shinXseijuro161d ago

Last good splinter cell was conviction in 08 -09

boing1161d ago

How??? Would love to hear the pitch.

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Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Gets A Season 2 Order From Netflix

The animated show based on the hit game series has been given a season two order from Netflix.

Sonyslave3192d ago

This show was good and i hope it shows Ubi that their still is a market for SplinterCell.

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Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Trailer

The new trailer for the game based series has been released.

Software_Lover248d ago

.................... Man, I thought it was a game. How can Ubisoft sit on this franchise for so long????

Garethvk248d ago

I think they are hoping this Jumpstart the interest in the franchise and brings new people to the game.

victorMaje248d ago

I clicked so fast I didn’t even notice the “a netflix series” in the thumbnail.

Garethvk248d ago

Ubisoft has a movie and television division and they haveban Assassin’s Creed project and others coming to hopefully increase the audiences for their franchises.

Noskypeno247d ago

They've been working on a remake for 5 years, and no updates since they said they're working on it. This and the Tomb Raider game that had a "sort of announcement with one concept art that it's in UE5" back in 2020 are really just taking longer than it needs to. Give us concept art or something. I enjoyed when devs like Bungie would give community updates on their projects and keep the community in the loop even if it's very vague like saying "our buddy Dave here is testing out this gun on this yet to be revealed monster in this secret location that we're working on".

SimpleSlave247d ago

After all these years, we get an animated show... 🙄

shinXseijuro247d ago

So it’s like conviction but animated